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Love in the time of communism
Well, if you want to sing out, sing out
And if you want to be free, be free.
’Cause there’s a million things to be
You know...
‘Couples Retreat’ a waste of talent, unfunny
Director Peter Billingsley had a tough assignment: take four suburban couples and put them through a series of "relationship building" challenges that were thought-provoking, poignant, revealing and funny. In attempting to accomplish this, he makes everyone a crass ...
He turned the engine, but the engine didn’t turn
Lanky, hulking and almost always stooped, Scott Carlin (Pete Davidson) is 24 years old, jobless, directionless, and living in the same Staten Island home...
Life goes on
There is nothing in this life more tragic, more soul-crushing than the untimely loss of a loved one. Thankfully, we have developed faiths, routines...
Destination unknown
When Ivan Locke left work, he had a family, a wife, a home, a job and a claim in one of Europe’s future skyscrapers. By the time he reaches his destination, he will have lost it all. To borrow Tolstoy’s opening line from Anna Karenina, “Happy commuters are all alike...
That’s a wrap
The 45th Denver Film Festival concludes this weekend with a full slate of features and shorts, documentaries and narratives, and even a party or...
Recognize this
I want to tell you a story about a story,” writer/director/performance artist Laurie Anderson tells the audience. She recounts the time she spent in the hospital as a child after breaking her back. Anderson tells it in a rather typical manner: accident, negative ...
Such great heights
Great movies don’t require a signature shot, but it helps when they have one. What would Vertigo be without that dizzying dolly zoom? The...
Dr. John Brinkley is just ‘Nuts!’
Dr. John Romulus Brinkley Jr. had trouble with the truth. But then again, Dr. Brinkley was an American, and Americans have a particular allergy...
Perfect timing
Boulder’s festival of films, food, music and adventure returns with the 19th annual Boulder International Film Festival (BIFF). Screening March 2-5, across four venues,...
To God, there is no zero
They called them “B-Movies,” genre films (westerns, noir, horror, sci-fi, etc.) made on shoestring budgets with leads played by actors, not stars, and directors who were journeymen, not auteurs. The 1950s were their heyday and they played great on a rainy Saturday ...
History starts here
When Martin Scorsese sat down with friend and classmate Mardik Martin to pen Season of the Witch — later rechristened Mean Streets — he...
